Word: sultanic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pasha Hadj Thami el Glaoui joined with French colonials to drive the Sultan of Morocco into exile two years ago. "You dog!" the Sultan hissed helplessly. But last week the Sultan, newly returned to power, had his revenge, in a scene fit for A Thousand and One Nights...
...Glaoui, at 80 one of the richest and proudest sons of the Prophet, showed up at the royal pavilion outside Paris where Sultan ben Youssef is now regally established, awaiting his return to the throne. The old pasha was kept waiting one hour. Then, after photographers and reporters had been posted at a big window to record the moment of high triumph, the door was flung wide. Shrouded in white djellaba and hood, El Glaoui shucked off his pointed slippers and advanced. The imperial chamberlain put a firm hand on El Glaoui's neck, sent him to the floor...
...slave at His Majesty's feet," he muttered. "I beg forgiveness for all the harm I have done. I was led astray. May heaven's curse fall upon those who deceived me." Replied the Sultan: "The past is forgotten. You will be judged by what you do in the future...
...days before, French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay had bussed the Sultan on both cheeks and for the first time used the word "independence" in speaking of Morocco's future, and the Sultan in turn had spoken of permanent and "interdependent" links to France...
Last week, a portly 40 (in the tradition of aldermen as well as sultans), the first native mayor to be elected in the Cameroons beamed happily over the switch in his status. "Election has its good sides," Sultan Seydou told a friend, "because you always know that you have to do the right thing because otherwise you'll be fired by the voters. Acting as absolute ruler is like sitting in a dark, iron kettle with...